Business trip report, Denmark, Roy

Dr. Koushik Roy, deputy head of laboratory of nutrition attended the AQUA2024 conference jointly organized by World Aquaculture Society and European Aquaculture Society during 26-30 August 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He chaired a session (Ecosystems). He gave 2 oral presentations including one special workshop lecture organized by EUROFISH Denmark (Light and other organisms), where he communicated the findings of national project (QK22010177) result on European fishpond nutrition. The abstract can be found here: https://eurofish.dk/PDF/Light-abstracts/10.pdf. Together with Prof. Marc Verdegem from Wageningen University, Koushik made fruitful discussions on forming future H2020 consortiums, a special issue proposal on pond nutrition, and an opinion paper on role of ponds within aquaculture and food systems with eminent experts of aquaculture nutrition or pond aquaculture; most notably Prof. Giovanni M. Turchini (University of Melbourne) and Prof. Delbert Gatlin III (Texas A&M University). Thus, extending the CENAKVA research program 3 mandates globally.